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Most high schoolers would love to set the latest trend, and Joshua Smith, Quinton Ueltschi and Nikolay Kuchmy are no exception.
But instead the latest fashion or catchy phrase, the trio of Anderson County High School seniors said they hope a good deed they performed earlier this month sets a trend for something more meaningful: community service.

A Lawrenceburg man remains behind bars on a charge of second-degree unlawful imprisonment for allegedly not allowing his mother to leave his home while he ransacked her car and other belongings to find drug money.
Zackary Edward Holt, 21, was charged Nov. 23 by Lawrenceburg Police after they were called to his home at 303 North Main St.

Police took a man wanted on a federal warrant into custody Saturday when they arrested him at his mother’s house in Highway 151.
Phillip Bradley Warmouth, 31, of 3535 Highway 151, Frankfort, was indicted Dec. 1 by a federal grand jury on on one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and another for distributing heroin. Both charges are felonies, punishable by not more than 30 years in prison, not more than a $2 million fine and no less than six years of supervised release.

Lawrenceburg Fire Chief Bobby Hume has been to enough fire and rescue scenes that not much surprises him when he arrives.
That changed Friday when he rushed to house fire on Bond Street and saw his grandson manning a hose.
Hume said he’d heard his grandson, Austin Taylor, was coming home on leave from Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, where he is training to be a firefighter.
But because Taylor had only been in town 30 minutes when the fire call came out, he wasn’t aware he was already here.

The Lawrenceburg man cited for allegedly choking the girls’ volleyball coach before a match in October is scheduled to be arraigned 9 a.m. Thursday in Anderson District Court.
Kenny Holland, 43, of 108 Djeddah Drive faces a single count of fourth-degree assault from the incident that occurred Oct. 10 at the Anderson County High School gymnasium.
Video of the incident shows Holland, who had two daughters on the team, walking up the sidelines before the team’s senior night match and confronting coach Bob Hardin, who was seated on the team’s bench.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- It only takes one glance to see that playing football for Northwestern University has changed Chris Fitzpatrick.

His shoulders are much broader than they were when he last put on the shoulder pads for Anderson County’s trip to the state championship game five years ago this week. His jaw seems to have squared and his waist looks a bit smaller.

Fitzpatrick chuckles at the assessment. “I was 6-(foot)-1 and weighed 215 in high school. I am about 240 now,” he says. “I shed some weight and put some muscle back on.”

The Lawrenceburg man was sentenced to two years’ probation last Thursday for falsely an incident to police when his truck washed down the Salt River in August, but his troubles might not be over just yet.
Ronnie Stratton, 38, may yet have to pay restitution for the hours-long search and rescue mission that ensued after witnesses saw his truck being washed away following a heavy storm.

The following people were arrested and transported to jail, according to information provided by Anderson County Jailer Joani Clark.

Nov. 14
Jeffrey Bettiga was charged on a Shelby County warrant by the Lawrenceburg Police Department.
Jenny Wright was charged with flagrant non-support by the Lawrenceburg Police Department.
Thomas Combs was charged with failure to appear or pay by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.